Wednesday, July 14, 2010

ThoughtForDay - July 15

July 15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Quick Thought:

O LORD, do not be far from Me; O My Strength, hasten to help Me! Deliver Me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog. Save Me from the lion's mouth and from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me. Psalm 22:19- 21 (NKJ)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mark 9:9-13And as they were coming down from the mountain, He (Jesus) gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man should rise from thedead.

And they seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising fromthe dead might mean.And they asked Him, saying, "Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must comefirst?" And He said to them, "Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He should suffer many things and betreated with contempt?"But I say to you, that Elijah has indeed come, and they did to him whatever theywished, just as it is written of him." Mark 9:9-13 (NAS)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

John 3:25-36There arose therefore a discussion on the part of John's disciples with a Jew aboutpurification. And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He (Jesus) who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have borne witness, behold, He is baptizing,and all are coming to Him." John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven."

"You yourselves bear me witness, that I (John) said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.' He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. And so this joy of mine has been made full. He (Jesus) mustincrease, but I must decrease.

"He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. What He has seen and heard, of that He bears witness; and no man receives His witness. He who hasreceived His witness has set his seal to this, that God is true. For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.

"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shallnot see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." John 3:25-36 (NAS)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~